Lamar County Lawyers

Since graduating from Georgia State University College of Law, Josh has been passionate about fighting for children's rights. Josh served as a juvenile court intern before assuming a role in 2013 as law clerk in Fulton County Juvenile Court for the late Honorable Willie J. Lovett, Jr. After serving his internship, Josh began practicing juvenile defense in 2016 in Fulton County. He later became Supervising Attorney for Clayton County in 2020. Josh founded Georgia Children's Defense, LLC based on years of experience defending Georgia’s youth in juvenile court. His firm is dedicated to representing youth and fighting for children’s legal rights...

Accredited through the Veterans Administration as a Veteran Owned Small Business, I have handled real estate transactions for over 20 years for 4 firms. By working in Fulton County as a title examiner, I have extensive knowledge of title searches and close residential and commercial properties. I am originally from Ohio and served in the United States Army and United States Army Reserves. I am a member of the American Bar Association, the Georgia Bar, the Henry County Bar Association, the American Legion, the MSAR/WCR for both Henry and Clayton Counties, and certified through the United States...

I represent individuals and businesses in various civil litigation matters, including select domestic relations and personal injury cases, as well as do a general practice. I also have been active in Henry County in public service activities and have served on multiple Boards including the General Practice and Trial Section of the State Bar of Georgia, Haven House (Henry County's domestic violence shelter), Leadership Henry, the Henry County Chamber of Commerce and am currently the President of Hands of Hope, which provides indigent medical services to residents of Henry County.

I am certainly "different". I do not have a huge volume law practice. I do not, nor do I claim to, handle every type of legal case imaginable. Each year, I agree to represent a limited number of injury accident victims. I am not a "personal injury mill". You will not see me on the back cover of the yellow pages, on T.V. or on billboards. For me, fewer cases mean more time for you and better results overall.

Since 1991, I have represented accident injury clients throughout Georgia. Most of the cases are...

Nathaniel M. Smith is a born again Christian and a member of Salem Baptist Church in McDonough, Georgia. Nathaniel is admitted to practice before the Georgia Supreme Court, the Georgia Court of Appeals, and the Superior, State, Juvenile, Probate and Magistrate courts of Georgia. Nathaniel became a member of the Georgia Bar Association in 2009. He became a member of the Henry County Bar Association in 2010. He became a member of CLS (Christian Legal Society, www.clsnet.org) and Christianlawyers.com in 2009. Nathaniel graduated in 2009 from Washington and Lee University School of Law. While pursuing his law degree, he...

Shane Smith calls Georgia his home. Shane attended high school in Fayette County, graduated Magna Cum Laude Georgia State University undergraduate, and later graduated Cum Laude from Georgia State's College of Law in 2000. After being admitted to the Georgia Bar, Shane then entered the United State's Army Judge Advocate General's Corps. He has served at Fort Campbell and Fort Benning, attending and graduating from the Army's Air Assault School. While in the Army, he practiced criminal defense throughout the Southeast, acting as the lead attorney on the only military homicide in his multistate state district...

Jarome Gautreaux is a personal injury trial lawyer. He represents people who have been seriously injured, as well as the families of people killed because of carelessness or negligence. Over the years, he has successfully recovered more than 100 million dollars in a variety of Macon personal injury cases. Jarome’s reputation for client focus and case success has led to other lawyers requesting his assistance with complex personal injury litigation. What drives Jarome every day is his strong belief that the amount of money someone has should not dictate the justice they receive. It is for this reason that he has never worked...

Admitted to the Georgia Bar 1979.

I am a solo practitioner in Henry County, Georgia. I focus primarily on Criminal Defense Law, handling well over a thousand cases in State and Superior Courts throughout Georgia, including approximately 75 jury trials.

Christy Crowe Childers is a trial lawyer who assists clients across the State of Georgia in civil litigation matters, and primarily represents plaintiffs in personal injury and workers' compensation matters. She is the co-editor of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Trial Practice Manual and serves as the co-chair of the annual Trial Practice Manual Workshop. She is a magna cum laude graduate of the Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law, where she was a member of the Mercer Law Review and the Mercer Moot Court team. She received the George Waldo Woodruff Award of Excellence for...

Our team of experienced Atlanta Personal Injury Lawyers are among the best personal injury lawyers in Atlanta. Since our early beginnings in 1993, our focus has been achieving the best possible compensation result for our clients. With our focus, we have won well over 100 million for our injured clients since our grand opening in Atlanta 27 years ago. These injury cases include everything from truck accidents, to nursing home abuse incidents, to wrongful death accidents, to car accident wrecks.

Angela Landgaard joined Slepian, Schwartz & Landgaard in 2009. She is currently the head of the Firm’s Domestic litigation and Probate departments, focusing primarily in the areas of Family Law and Probte. In addition to her work as a litigator, appointed by Judge Ann Jackson in 2013, Angela currently serves as the Fayette County Probate Court Co-Conservator and frequently serves as a court appointed attorney or Guardian Ad Litem for the Fayette County Probate Court. Angela was elected by the attorney members to serve as the 2014 President of the Fayette County Bar Association.

Dr. Kasraie is a founding member of Kasraie & Fodor, LLC. He has well over 30 years of legal and executive business experience in several industries, including banking, finance, energy, real estate, manufacturing, recycling, IT, and pharmaceuticals. He has resolved legal, financial, corporate and political issues in the UAE, U.K., France, Germany, Switzerland, Finland, Netherlands, Italy, Russia, Romania, Turkey, Poland, Republic of Georgia, Egypt, Morocco, Kuwait, India, Pakistan, Peoples’ Republic of China, Taiwan, Canada, etc. He holds graduate degrees in law and engineering and post graduate studies in finance and banking. In addition, Dr. Kasraie has been the Financial...

Randy J. Ebersbach has focused on catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases for over 30 years. His careful, thorough legal representation has obtained millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts throughout Georgia and the southeastern United States, including a $7.25 million verdict with firm partner Brian Lewis in Coweta County, which is believed to be the largest injury (non-wrongful death) verdict in Coweta County history.

Community is important to Randy and he volunteers his time and resources to our local organizations including The Boy Scouts of America Flint River Council, Habitat for Humanity, CASA, and other local non-profit organizations supported...

Ms. Saedi is a partner at Saedi Law Group, where she concentrates her practice in all areas of bankruptcy, business, and tax law. Ms. Saedi offers clients quality legal services in all aspects of federal bankruptcy law, and is committed to providing personal attention and affordable solutions to each and every client’s financial obstacles. Prior to starting Saedi Law Group, LLC, Ms. Saedi was a founding partner of the consumer bankruptcy firm of Saedi & Wells, LLC for eight years. Prior to that Ms. Saedi worked as a corporate attorney representing technology companies on a variety of issues. Ms....

Allen Bodiford has practiced as a trial attorney for over 25 years, and has tried a wide variety of civil and criminal cases. Since 1987, Allen has had the pleasure and honor of representing clients in hundreds of bench trials and more than 25 jury trials, in cases of divorce and domestic relations, wrongful death, automobile accidents, tractor-trailer accidents, products liability, and medical malpractice, along with felony and misdemeanor criminal cases. Allen brings his years of litigation experience to bear in evaluating, preparing, and trying cases, as well as, settling cases when appropriate. Allen has obtained favorable...

Stephanie Eban is a partner at Thrift McLemore. Stephanie focuses her practice on estate planning with a concentration in wills, trusts, and powers of attorney. She has experience working with people of all ages and estates of all sizes. She is particularly sought out for her ability to explain complex concepts and issues in an easily digestible and understandable format. Stephanie graduated from Brandeis University with a Bachelor of Arts, and she went on to earn her law degree from Emory University School of Law.

Skyler A. Taylor is the founder of his own law firm, Skyler A. Taylor, P.C. From his offices in Peachtree City, Georgia, Mr. Taylor provides his legal services to clients in the Atlanta-metro area and the counties of Fayette, Spalding and Coweta. Mr. Taylor divides his practice between criminal defense and the representation of plaintiffs in personal injury cases, and he has acted as lead attorney in a number of civil and criminal cases. His legal skills and knowledge have earned him the distinction of Rising Star by Super Lawyers. Mr. Taylor earned a Bachelor of Science with...

25 years experience in criminal law defense, extensive trial work in serious violent felonies.

DERRICK ALEXANDER POPE is Chairman of The Pope Law Companies International, where he oversees the development and operations of The Law Clinic, The Law Review, CounselDirect, and DA Pope Properties. The primary mission of the company is to enhance the service capacities of the legal profession and to promote a sense of the law’s “higher purpose” among those it serves. Born in Atlanta, Mr. Pope holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans, Louisiana, earning distinction in the Loyola Law Clinic, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from Morris Brown...

Mr. Goodman, originally from Macon Georgia, received a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in English, from Mercer University, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. Mr. Goodman graduated from Mercer University's Walter F. George School of Law. During this time, he was an associate editor of the Mercer Law Review and a member of Phi Alpha Delta Honors society. The Law Office of Emmett L Goodman Jr. LLC is a full service legal team with 75 years of experience specializing in Consumer Collections, Commercial Collections, Commercial Law, Personal Injury, Social Security Disability, Real Estate...

Nichole represents clients in family law cases (divorce, custody, child support, Family Violence Protective Orders, legitimation and paternity) in Henry County and the surrounding area.

Nichole has represented hundreds of clients. Her practice is almost exclusively in the area of family law.

For over 15 years Craig Thrift has represented clients in business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, franchising, real estate, leasing, corporate, limited liability company, partnership, securities, financing, and general business matters. He serves as a trusted advisor to businesses and their owners in evaluating potential deals and developing strategies for success. Mr. Thrift brings a deep understanding of the legal, tax and business aspects of transactions to complex deals including mergers, acquisitions and sales of businesses, private offerings, financings and loan transactions, and structuring and restructuring of corporations, limited liability companies, joint ventures and partnerships. He advises clients regarding loans, non-competition covenants,...

In my 6 years as a critical care nurse, I was well known for my relentless persistence on behalf of my patients. Since 1994, I have built the same reputation as a medical malpractice and personal injury attorney. Originally from Mississippi, I pursued a nursing career because I was interested in helping people and making their lives better. In short, I wanted to heal their hurts! However, I became disenchanted with nursing after watching a fellow nurse blamed for a doctor’s mistake. Around the same time, an attorney hired me to help him decipher some medical records for a case. Impressed with...

With a unique focus on real estate and business law, Matt Horne is an attorney with valuable and varied legal practice experience. Having joined the firm in 2001, Matt is charged with representing clients in a variety of areas including debtor and creditor bankruptcy, wills and estate matters. His extensive background in all forms of litigation has Matt often in court handling business matters and domestic cases. As the head of our Newnan firm’s well-established real estate department, Matt and his closing team regularly handle residential and commercial real estate closings, representing buyers, sellers, lenders and developers.

Mr. Hill has been practicing law since 2005 and has been admitted to the Georgia Supreme Court, Georgia Court of Appeals, Georgia State and Superior Courts, and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. He specializes in personal injury, workers compensation, wrongful death, nursing home negligence, and social security disability law.

Mr. Hill enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters. He also enjoys hunting, fishing, jogging, hiking, and clay target shooting, and is an active member of Christ Episcopal Church in Macon, Georgia. Mr. Hill holds several memberships, including the Association of Trial Lawyers of...

Prior to joining Slepian, Schwartz, & Landgaard, Keri practiced real estate law for 8 years with a law firm in Buckhead, where her legal work focused on residential and commercial real estate. Now her primary focuses include real estate and mediation. In addition, Keri is also a registered Mediator in Georgia’s 6th District. Keri is able to mediate general and domestic cases that come through the court system as well as private matters between individuals and/or companies before the dispute goes to court.

Eric Slepian knew from an early age that he wanted to practice law. Since then, he has become one of the most successful lawyers in the South Metro Atlanta area. He built his firm from the ground up when his previous boss pushed him to go out on his own. Eric founded what is now Slepian, Schwartz & Landgaard with no money and a few simple rules: no one would ever outwork him; he would always be a good citizen in his community; and, most importantly, he would run his firm the way he lived his life: by the Golden...

Attorney Sharline S. Green’s estate planning practice focuses on providing quality and targeted solutions to individuals and families planning their lives and securing their futures. She specializes in guiding her clients with compassion and respect, honoring the differences in each person, while providing them with critical information to make the financial and legal decisions necessary to create plans that will protect their loved ones and accomplish their desired goals. Whatever your story, Sharline will help you capture it and preserve it for the next generation.

Sharline received her Juris Doctorate degree from Emory University School of Law in 2002....

Rick J. DeMedeiros is the sole member of his own firm in Conyers, Georgia. Serving clients throughout the Atlanta metropolitan area, he exclusively focuses his practice on the representation of people who have been injured in workplace accidents or as a result of the negligence of others. Before starting his firm, Mr. DeMedeiros was associated with two law firms that represented employers and insurance companies in workers' compensation matters, and he draws from his rich background in that field to each client's advantage. He has handled workers' compensation cases involving work-related deaths and catastrophic injuries, including severe spinal cord damage,...

Ivan is the son of a U.S. Marine Major General, and grew up in an environment in which one’s word is sacred, and duty and honor are prized values. Ivan carries these values in to his practice and in to the courtroom and is frequently complimented by opposing counsel for his ability to press a vigorous position while being faithful to his core values of candor and trustworthiness.

Admitted to the Bars of West Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi and Texas Ivan received his Juris Doctor from the University Of Virginia School Of Law and his focus has been products liability and...